ATTRACTING YOUTH HOME TO RURAL NEBRASKA
May 24, 2012—Noon to 1:00 p.m. CT
Craig Schroeder, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Many Nebraska community leaders are concerned about youth out-migration and would like to know what can be done to address it effectively. The exodus of young people has indeed had a significant impact on our rural communities for many years. However, recent research by the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, documents that a sea change is underway, with over half of rural Nebraska youth indicating that they would prefer to live in their hometowns in the future if there are career and business opportunities available. Unfortunately, three-quarters of rural Nebraska youth surveyed also indicate that no one has asked for their input on how to make their hometown a more attractive option to stay or come back to.
On May 24, Craig Schroeder with the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship will broadcast a free one-hour webinar available to Nebraska libraries and community leaders seeking to involve youth in ways that will encourage them stay or return home in the future.
In this session, Craig will address three key topics that are vital to attracting youth:
- Creating local career and business opportunities for young people.
- Involving youth in decision-making and community service.
- Making community investments in youth and their enterprises.
Craig will also announce an exciting new youth project, utilizing local library resources, to help young people develop a richer appreciation of their community’s heritage, and thereby deepen their ownership and pride in their hometowns.
This webinar is being supported by the Nebraska Library Commission under the
Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities initiative. Please feel free to invite a local community economic development group or youth group to view it with you in the library or outside the library.
To register for this free webinar, see: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventoeidk=a07e5v9lcta039e16b5&llr=opyrgedab
This Webinar will be offered using Adobe connect Webinar software. For library staff that would like to test their connection using this software, Craig will run a library webinar test two times on Monday, May 21, 2012–at
10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Central.
This is the web link for both
tests:
http://heartlandcenter.adobeconnect.com/pawnee/
This Webinar test link will create offer test PowerPoint slides and will test the audio connect using VOIP (the Internet connection). Libraries will need to have speakers connected to their computers to hear the VOIP audio. They will be able to interact during the webinar by typing into chat boxes when prompted for feedback. Please feel free to contact Mary Jo Ryan, 402-471-3434 questions.
NOTE TO libraries involved with the
Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities project—please be sure to report these training hours on your monthly reports.
